Dear Mary et al,
I agree that talking about something we do with others of a similar
mind always increases our knowledge.
I looked at the website for the Church Store in Sydney. Since I'm in
America, I won't be buying there, but it is good to know what is
available. I suspect I need to take a look, person to person, with
touch as a part of it. Buying fabric online, especially something
like linen or cotton, and even more especially less common fabrics,
seems to me to be a big gamble. I do like the prickings for sale at
the Swedish site. I've never bought from them online, so I don't
know how difficult it would be, but it might be worthwhile for some.
http://www.svenskaspetsar.se/sv/category/89/altarspets I'm sure the
site could be translated. In my experience, most Swedes speak
English, so contact shouldn't be difficult. Finding lace with a true
ecclesiastical style is not easy, and here it's all done for you. A
card pricking already pricked, and a black and white diagram are
provided. Usual disclaimer.
Lyn in Lancaster
Mary wrote:
Hi All,
There used to be a Church Sew List a number of years ago and we
were able to learn lots from that list.
Most of the church lace I do is filet crochet and the fabric
distributed by Church Stores in Sydney is called 'sharella' which
is not linen, so does not put up some of those problems - washes
very well. It is hard to get best quality lighter weight fabric
for the smaller linens. I have a blocking board covered by woven
chech fabric which makes blocking crochet easier.
I have a length of a torchon edge, pattern from Marie-Clare
Downham's book, is worked in DMC 30, no destination as yet.
Any conversation about Ecclesiastical work is interesting to me.
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